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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004 11:12 am
I keep hearing news of heart problems related to anti-inflammatories. Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, and now naproxen sodium (Aleve) have all been found to carry some risk. [Links plagiarized from [livejournal.com profile] sunnydale47 with thanks!]

I've never tried Vioxx and probably now never will, although I have an old outdated prescription for it lying around. It's been taken off the market entirely. Bextra and Celebrex do little or nothing for me. Naproxen works.

I can see getting worried about the dangers. I can understand this news being the reason for changing what one would do, if one's pain isn't all that bad to begin with.

My life without anti-inflammatories wouldn't be worth a mouse's fart. I'm going to keep taking Aleve. Of course, I am also going to hope that I'm lucky enough to escape the heart trouble. My life WITH anti-inflammatories is worth keeping.

I am also going to stock up in case the FDA decides for me what risks I can and cannot take.
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004 12:30 pm (UTC)
Newflash! Life Causes Death...Film at 11...

I know we should be wary of drug side effects and possible long term consequences, but as you say, you take the drug that helps you the most... Or course it'd be ironic if what you really needed was marijuana but we'd never know if that would be the one to help, ya know?

(Under the "if you're stoned you can't feel pain" theory... Not that I've ever tried it, mind you.. ;) )

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004 01:29 pm (UTC)
Life Causes Death...Film at 11...

Well, there is that. :-)

For me it's really about whether life would be WORTH LIVING without the help that the drug can provide. I think most folk have absolutely no idea what serious, long-term, chronic, and *severe* pain can do to someone. If I'm already at the point where I can calmly say I'd rather not live than go back to that, then a small risk of death does seem better than not taking the Aleve.